antivermicularadj.
Physiol.
= antiperistaltic adj.
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vermicular1673
antiperistaltic1706
vermiculant1707
antivermicular1717
1717 St. André in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 30 580 If the Vermicular Motion accelerates the Contents of the Intestins downwards; the Antivermicular..should force them upwards.
1880 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2011).
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